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Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAFH 20-. WASHINGTON, nv c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H WARD J. FEBBIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HUNT, I-IELM, FERRIS &, 00.,

' OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

STANGHION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

Application filed August 7, 1918. Serial No. 248,743.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HOWARD J. Foams, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have lnvented a new and useful Improvement in Stanchions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in stanchions and is fully described and explained in the speci fication and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved stanchion; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 5 is the stationary and 6 is the swinging side of the stanchion, these members being made of tubes curved toward each other at their upper and lower ends. At the upper end of the bar 5 are stamped members 7, each having a main portion curved to fit the upper end of the bar 5, a forwardly extending perforate ear 8 and an ear 9 extending toward the swinging side of the stanchion. The ears 9 are flared apart from each other to make a guide for the entrance of the swinging side. The plates 7 are bolted to the fixed side of the stanchion and are secured together by a bolt 10 passing through the perforate ears 8, which bolt supports the stanchion, and they also have near their lower edges, a cross-pin 11 which is engaged by the stanchion latch hereafter to be described.

The fixed side of the stanchion also has secured to it at its lower end a U -shaped hinge stamping 12 curved at its upper end to fit the fixed side and terminatin at its lower end in cars 13, through w ich is passed a pivot-bolt 14:, which also serves as a support for a chain 15. The swinging side of the stanchion has a smaller hingestamping 16, in all respects similar to the hinge-stamping 12, except that the end adjacent to the fixed side is of smaller size and is surrounded by the end of the stamping 12,

(topic: of this patent may be obtained for the bolt 14 serving to hinge the two hingestampings together. Furthermore, the hinge stamping 12 has a cross-pin 17 running in a slot 18 in the hinge-stamping 16, to limit the swinging of the parts.

21 is a latch, pivoted at 19 within the swlnging side of the stanchion and adapted to hook over the pin 11. This latch has an outwardly projecting handle 20, by which it can be raised.

The present device is peculiarly simple and easy to manufacture. Its manufacture necessitates neither forgings nor malleable castings, and it is therefore free from many of the manufacturing difiiculties common in this art. The structure of the hinged joint is strong, eflicient and very cheap. The latch, while in simple form, and very easy to operate by a pull in the proper direction, yet is so positioned that there is no possibility of it being opened by the animal held in the stanchion.

I realize that considerable variation is pos sible in the details of the construction herein shown, and I do not intend to limit myself thereto, except as pointed out in the following claim, in which it is my intention to claim all the novelty inherent in the device as broadly as is permitted by the state of the art.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A stanchion comprising fixed and swinging sides curved toward each other at their lower ends, sheet-metal hinge-members of U-shape attached to the lower ends of the stanchion sides and fitted one within the other and each provided with a pair of perforate ears, a pivotpin passing through said cars, a pin carried by one of the hinged members at one side of their pivot and running in a slot in the other to limit the movement of the parts, and means for latching the sides together at their upper ends.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of June, 1918.

HOWARD J. FERRIS.

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